Notes on a flap at the University of Southern Mississippi over the exit of Frederick Barthelme, the director of the Center for Writers, and what his exit might mean for the Mississippi Review, which he edited. Read More at PageView (CHE) »
Journalism
“Nicholas Carr’s ‘The Shallows’ and William Powers’s ‘Hamlet’s BlackBerry'”
Is the Internet making us stupid? Two new books consider the evidence. I consider the arguments. Read More at The Washington Post »
“Typing to Tagging: 50 Years of Cataloging”
A librarian looks back at the technological shifts she has encountered in a half-century working as a cataloguer. Read More at Wired Campus (CHE) »
“Career Risks of Scrutinizing the Physical Side of Books”
R. Carter Hailey probably knows more about the physical aspects of early editions of Shakespeare than anybody else on the planet. So why can't he get a permanent academic job? Does academe not value bibliography any more? Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Canadian University Hopes to Lead Fight Against High Subscription Prices”
Famous for mussels, serenity, and as the setting for Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island, the smallest of Canada's provinces, seems an unlikely hotbed of revolution. But at the University of Prince Edward Island, the province's only university, a bit of scholarly-communication revolt is stirring. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
